European Explorers: The Native Perspective
Lisa BillyLisa points out that the European explorers were just human, not god-like. She asks her listeners to consider how it would feel to have outsiders take over your homeland. She wants to see Native perspective, as well as black perspective, etc. “All of our stories need to be told.”
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